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  2. Montgolfier brothers - Wikipedia

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    Known for. Making the first confirmed human flight, in a Montgolfière -style hot air balloon. The Montgolfier brothers – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (French: [ʒozɛf miʃɛl mɔ̃ɡɔlfje]; 26 August 1740 – 26 June 1810) [1] and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier ([ʒak etjɛn mɔ̃ɡɔlfje]; 6 January 1745 – 2 August 1799) [1] – were ...

  3. Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier - Wikipedia

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    The first untethered balloon flight, by Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes on 21 November 1783. Along with Joseph Montgolfier, he was one of six passengers on a second flight on 19 January 1784, with a huge Montgolfier balloon Le Flesselles launched from Lyon. Four French nobles paid for the trip, including a prince.

  4. François Laurent d'Arlandes - Wikipedia

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    François Laurent d'Arlandes (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa loʁɑ̃ lə vjø daʁlɑ̃d]; 1742 – 1 May 1809) was a French marquis, soldier and a pioneer of hot air ballooning. He and Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier made the first manned free balloon flight on 21 November 1783, in a Montgolfier balloon. [1] D'Arlandes was born in ...

  5. List of firsts in aviation - Wikipedia

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    First manned flight: Étienne Montgolfier went aloft in a tethered Montgolfier hot air balloon on October 15, 1783. [11] First manned free flight in an untethered balloon: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes flew in a Montgolfier hot air balloon from the Château de la Muette to the Butte-aux-Cailles, Paris, on November 21 ...

  6. Hot air balloon - Wikipedia

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    The hot air balloon is the first successful human-carrying flight technology. The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight in the world was performed in Paris, France, by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on November 21, 1783, [1] in a balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers. [2]

  7. Timeline of aviation in the 18th century - Wikipedia

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    December 14, The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2 km (1.2 mi). [2] 1783. June 4, Unmanned flight of the Montgolfier brothers 900 m linen hot air balloon at Annonay near Lyon in the Vivarais region of France as a public demonstration. The flight covers 2 km and lasts 10 minutes, to an ...

  8. Early flying machines - Wikipedia

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    A 1786 depiction of the Montgolfier brothers ' balloon. Early flying machines include all forms of aircraft studied or constructed before the development of the modern aeroplane by 1910. The story of modern flight begins more than a century before the first successful manned aeroplane, and the earliest aircraft thousands of years before.

  9. Robert brothers - Wikipedia

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    Les Frères Robert were two French brothers. Anne-Jean Robert (1758–1820) and Nicolas-Louis Robert (1760–1820) were the engineers who built the world's first hydrogen balloon for professor Jacques Charles, [ 3] which flew from central Paris on 27 August 1783. [ 1][ 4] They went on to build the world's first manned hydrogen balloon, and on 1 ...